National Sports Awards 2025: Hockey Star Hardik Singh Sole Pick for Khel Ratna; No Cricketers In List
Published on: Dec. 24, 2025, 11:50 p.m. | Source: Outlook India
A total of 24 sportspersons have been recommended for the Arjuna awards, including 20-year-old chess Grandmaster Divya Deshmukh and pioneering decathlete Tejaswin Shankar. Out-of-favour India seamer Mohammed Shami was the last cricketer to receive the award, in 2023
